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British American Tobacco PLC23 March 2007 NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS BY DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIALRESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS Notification made in accordance with Disclosure Rule 3.1.4R(1)(a) of theDisclosure Rules sourcebook. The independent trustee of the British American Tobacco Group Employee Trustnotified the Company on 22 March 2007 that on 22 March 2007 it had purchased124,900 British American Tobacco p.l.c. 25p Ordinary Shares (the "Shares") at aprice of 1594.8p per Share to satisfy the future release of awards under theCompany's Long Term Incentive Plan and Deferred Share Bonus Scheme. In addition, the independent Trustee of the British American Tobacco GroupEmployee Trust notified the Company on 23 March 2007 that it had on 23 March2007 released 43,544 Shares to satisfy the exercise of an award made under theCompany's Long Term Incentive Plan by Mr F de Andrade, a person dischargingmanagerial responsibilities. The Shares were sold at a price of 1587.2837p perShare. Following this transaction, Mr de Andrade has a total beneficial and familyinterest in 106,961 Shares (including 31,634 Deferred Shares). Following these transactions, the independent trustee of the British AmericanTobacco Group Employee Trust holds a total of 16,814,175 Shares. The following executive directors, together with other employees, are potentialbeneficiaries under the trust, and are therefore deemed to be technicallyinterested for Companies Act purposes but were not connected with thetransactions that took place on the above mentioned dates: Mr P N Adams, Mr P ARayner and Mr A Monteiro de Castro. Name of duly authorised officer of issuer responsible for making notification: I A M B de Minvielle DevauxAssistant Company Secretary 0207 845 1545 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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